Temnothorax pallidus (Collingwood)
Type location Afghanistan (Leptothorax pallidus,
Collingwood, 1961a, illustrated, worker).
Collingwood's (1961a) description is at
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Collingwood, C. A. 1961. The Third Danish expedition to Central
Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from
Afghanistan. Vid. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. For. 123
51-79.
Collingwood, C. A. 1961. Ergebnisse der Deutschen
Afghanistan-Expedition 1956 der Landessammlungen für
Naturkunde Karlsruhe. Formicidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Beitr.
Naturkund. Forsch. Suedwestdeutschland, 19, 289-290.
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 Photomontage
of specimens from Iran, Miankaleh, ZMGU 1413,
collector Omid Paknia, November 2004; four specimens. My
diagnosis is uncertain as the size appears smaller than that
given by Collingwood.
Other images can be seen in the folder at -
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 Head
of specimens
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Temnothorax arpini Tarbinsky
Type location Kirgizia (Tarbinsky, 1976: 91,
illustrated, worker); junior synonym narinicus
(Tarbinsky, 1976: 93; illustrated, worker; synonymy Radchenko,
1994d: 150, in key) from Kirgizia.
? Temnothorax - HW 0.15 HL 0.11 mm?
Tarbinsky's (1976) description is at
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Temnothorax satunini Ruzsky
Type location Caucasus (Ruzsky, 1902b: 477, worker);
status confirmed Tarbinsky, 1976: 102.
Illustration from Radchenko (1994d: Fig 4c). Note, however,
Forel (1904b: 375) regarded satunini as a race of bulgaricus
and noted the head was entirely striate; the propodeal teeth
were very obtuse and feeble; the dorsum of the body brown;
apparently TL ca 3 mm
Ruzsky, M. 1902. Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zool. Jahrb.
Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere, 17, 469-484 [HNS
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